Bohemia Bunny

Singing Bananas

September 11th, 2007 by lynnylchan under Paid Post

*Paid Post*

Everyone knows that I’m a Chinese of the banana sort, meaning I’m westernized to the point of not being able to speak my own language. Mandarin speakers erupt in laughter when I try to converse with them, that’s how bad my grasp on the language is. However, that doesn’t stop me from listening to Chinese artistes such as Lee Hom and Jay Chou.

It doesn’t matter if I can’t read Chinese, because I can get Chinese pinyin lyrics for the latest hit songs. FitFit is a free lyrics site, which is welcoming contributions to maintain the site, presumably by providing phonetically transcribed lyrics. If you’re capable of reading Chinese, however, the lyrics are also written in Chinese writing, so you can get the full meaning of the song.

My favourite song on the site is Wang Lee Hom’s “Kiss Goodbye“, which is a ballad about the pain of separation. My sister and I totally love this song, plus I’m a huge Lee Hom fan. Thanks to FitFit, I can now sing along confidently to his song, without worrying that I’m accidentally saying something rude by mangling the lyrics.